Miller & Associates, Attorneys LLP

In Placer County spousal support cases, the spousal support court is required to presume a reduced financial need if the recipient spouse is romantically cohabitating with a member of the opposite sex.  The recipient spouse can overcome this presumption by...

In Sacramento child support and spousal support cases, both parents must support their children to the best of their financial abilities.  Also, each spouse owes a duty to become fully self-supporting to the best of their abilities.  When one or both spouses is being...

In Sacramento child support or spousal support cases, it is important to realize that each parent has an obligation to support their child to the best of their ability, and to earn income commensurate with their skills, abilities, and experience.  In a Sacramento...

In Sacramento divorces cases a contentious issue is getting each party to disclose their income.  Often times one or both spouses feel the other spouse is not disclosing all of their income in order to affect the child support or spousal support calculations. ...

In every Placer County divorce case, the parties must complete and serve a Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure (or PDD).  The Placer County family court will not set a case for trial or enter any written settlement agreement unless each party to the Placer County...

In particularly contested or complex Placer County divorce cases, parties sometimes become very frustrated at the slow nature of the case resolution.  In these cases, months and even years may have passed and due to the impasse between the parties, the end seems to be...

In a typical Sacramento County family law case, the parties will reach a settlement of all of the issues of the divorce, custody dispute, support dispute, or property dispute.  In Sacramento County, family law cases rarely go to trial for various reasons including...

Some parents are concerned about rocking the boat in their divorce or custody case and do not file for Sacramento child support. It is important for these parents to consider the financial impact of requesting Sacramento child support.  These orders ensure that the...

Fathers who want custody of the children, but fear that the Sacramento child custody court will be biased against them and in favor of the child’s mother should take heart.  The attitudes toward single fatherhood are shifting.  According to a recent study by the Pew...

  If you are involved in a Sacramento child custody case, it is important that you are aware of the critical factors impacting the court’s decisions on awarding custody.  The Sacramento child custody court is interested in fashioning a child custody order that is in...